Where federal tax dollars land around Anchorage

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Anchorage, AK — the yearly total, the biggest agencies and the largest recipients.

USAspending.gov API, federal awards by place of performance.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

$4.2B in federal awards was spent in Anchorage Municipality.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $4.2B — $14,536 per county resident

Federal awards in Anchorage Municipality, by fiscal year

2016: 3319735263
2017: 2124742579
2018: 2385761904
2019: 2787636746
2020: 3309418060
2021: 3604767329
2022: 3680410497
2023: 4536118207
2024: 4539588031
2025: 4201836110

Biggest awarding agencies

Department of Defense: 1236026407
Social Security Administration: 1080208424
Department of Veterans Affairs: 671415767
Department of Homeland Security: 194630444
Department of Agriculture: 169423699
Department of Transportation: 158067201

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1391533168
TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP: 343945987
PETRO STAR INC.: 197485914
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES: 116276325
ASRC BUILDERS-CADDELL, LLC: 110962000
PARAGON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC: 94698436

What it means

Department of Defense accounts for the largest share — $1.2B of the $4.2B total.

That works out to about $14,536 for every resident of the county, counting contracts, grants, loans and direct payments.

Place of performance means the work happened here — the money may be awarded to a company or agency headquartered elsewhere, and multi-year awards can land in a single year's total.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most

Loading the live page…